Target-trap.



J. H. WILDER.

TARGET TRAP.

APPLICATION FILED .nmze. 1912.

Patentedsept. 17, 1912.

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' Specification of Letters Yatent.

' Applicaflon filed January 26, 1912, Seria No. 673.587.

'. citizen of the United States, residing at Randall, in the county of Jewell and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and" useful Improvements in TaIEet-TI5LpS, of;

Said target-holder has an abutment 20, near which the ollowing is a speci cation,

y nvention relates to improvements inf traps for throwing clay pigeo targets;

and my object is to produce a simple, strong and rcllable tra of this character, free from to throw a target in any desired direction.

cables, and which may be readily adjusted:

I the innermost target, and flange 21 pre- The invention provides for: throwing a plurality of targets at the same time, and in. order that the invention may be fully understood, reference will now be made to the;

accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 1s a side. elevation of the trap,

ready for use, with the throwingsarm exji 4 tended. Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan View .offi

the trap with the throwing-arm folded preparatory to throwinga target. Fig.3 is a longitudinal section ion line III HI of;

Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an irregular vertical sec-i tion on line Iv -IV of Fig. 1.. 5 is a cross section of the chine, which is, substantially, ll-shaped in.

' Z a bearing32, secured to the underside of the configuration.

2 designates a circular base to which the-Z target-holder, on line lower leg of framel is fixed, said base be-Z ing rotatably-mounted upon a centrally-disposed bolt 3, extending through .the lower leg of frame 1 and a base-board 4, a sleeve 5 being interposed between frame 1 and said board, as shown in Fig. 1. Alltend'ency of base 2 to tip upon bolt 3 is overcome by a transverse bar 6 and a yoke 7, secured by bolts 8 and 9, respectively, to the base-board 4. Bar 6 underlies one side of base 2 and yoke 7 underlies the opposite side of said base, and has up and inturned terminals 10 overlapping said base, as shown in Figs 1,

and 2. Frame 1 and base 2 are rotated, to throw the target to the right or to the left, by a handle 11, secured to the lower leg of the frame and one side of base 2, by bolts 12 and 13, respectively. The rear terminal of the upper leg of frame 1 is supported by a yoke 14, secured to opposite sides of base 2, by bolts 13 and 15.

16 designates. the throwing-arm which is fixedly-mounted near its rear end upon a shaft 17, journaled' in theupper forward terminal 318 at its rear enyi, and a target- ,holder 19 wured to its forward end. Target-holder 19 is .of sufii'cient length to hold two or more targets, so that a number of targets may be thrown at the same time.

; spring 2&1, secured atone end to a .clip 25, and

at its opposite end to a tension-screw 26,

Patented Sept. 17, 1912.

' portions of frame 1 and. having an upturned WILDEB, a;

ets to rest against. 1

er tending through a lug 27 and provided wlth a nut 28% whereby t may be adjusted backward .01 ,Orward to tension the sprin 24, ,Clip -25 is swiveled upon the upturned end 18 of the throwing arm 16, it being held upon said upturned end by a nut 29.

30 designates a trigger, adapted to engage a catch 31, on the throwing-arm 16, to hold the same in the set position shown in Fig. 2, preparatory to throwing a target, or targets. Trigger '30 is pivotally-mounted in to frame 1. Trigger 30 is disengaged from catch 31, by a releasing-bar 35, provided at one side with a laterally-projecting lug 36, adapted to engage the lower terminal of the trigger. The releasing-bar is swingingly supported at its upper and lower terminals by links 37 and 38, respectively, the former being pivotally-secured by a bolt 39, to the rear terminal-of the upper leg of frame 1, and the former being pivotally-mounted in the upper portion of bearing 32.

40 designates a chain connecting the upper end of the releasing-bar 35, to shaft 17 which latter is provided with a fixedlymounted crank 41, engaging said chain to take up the same and thus limit the sweep of the throwing-arm after catch 31 has been released from the trigger 30. The releasing-bar 35 is advanced to disengage trigger 30 from catch 31, by a hand-lever 42 and a connecting-rod 43, the former of which is pivotally-mounted upon a bracket 44 at the rear of base-board 4, and the latter being connected at its rear end to the hand-lever andthe lower end. of link 37. In order to set the trap, the throwing-arm 16 and the holder 19 are swung backward until the the intermediac get or targets, by the spring 24. As the,

throwing-arm l6 sweeps around chain 40 isj drawn taut by the rotating crank 41 until; stopped by link 37 striking againstthe up per transverse portion of yoke 14.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat-f ent,is:' J I 1. In a target trap, a base board, a ci'rcu-; lar base rotatably connected to the base? board, a transverse member on the base board which underlies one side of the base, a yoke centrally secured to the base board and underlying the opposite side of the base, said. yoke having its ends turned inwardly;

so as to engage on the top face of the base,

a yoke secured to the base and extending upwardly therefrom, a substantially U-; shaped inclined frame having the free end .of its lower leg secured to the base and having the free end of its upper leg secured to the. top of the second mentioned yoke, a shaft projected through both legs of the frame at its outer end, a throwing arm fix-T edly secured to the shaft above the upper leg of the frame, a spring connected to the throwing-arm and to the upper leg ofthe frame, a trigger carried by the upper leg of the; frame, and means to operate the trigger.

v2. In a target trap, in combination with a frame, having an inclined leg portion, and a spring throwing arm pivotally connected to said leg portion and having a catch, av

trigger having a horizontal portion that ex-' tends across the leg portion and is movably connected thereto, one end of said triggerbeing turned upwardly to engage the catch trigger being bent downwardly, a releasing bar, links for swingingly supporting said bar from said leg portion of the frame, said releasing bar having a perforated lug that receives the downturned end of the trigger,

and a spring connected to the top extremity of the upturned end of the trigger and to 1 the leg portion ofthe frame.

3. In a trap, in combination with a base board, a circular base rotatably connected to the base board, a member on the base '55 i of the throwing arm, the other end of said board on which one side of the base rests,

a second member on the base board on which the base rests at the opposite side of the, latter, said second member having guide por-' tions which engage on top of t e base, a vertical member secured to the base, a substantially U-shaped frame having one end secured'to the top portion of the vertical member and having its other end secured to the base, and throwing means carriedby said frame. 7 r

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in thepresence of two witnesses. JAMES HARVEY WILDER.

Witnesses:

' CARL JUDGE,

W. E. CARNAHAN. f 

